My BG 2.0 has a date 9/17/2024 and I haven't had any RSA issues. This is what my spring look like.
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That is definitely a new and improved version.
My BG2 was purchased early August.
My BG 2.0 has a date 9/17/2024 and I haven't had any RSA issues. This is what my spring look like.
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For the life of me I don't know how a trigger safety as wide as the trigger itself could prevent "something" accidentally engaging the trigger causing an AD. Some object would have to engage the trigger but not the safety? And that will save you? Not likely....
UPDATE: January 5, 2025
I bought the BG2 in early August. I have less than 500 rounds through it.
I have experienced some of the reported issues out of the box:
- Front and rear sights are NOT aligned properly and commonly shooting low-left.
- 12-round mag with defective follower – hangups up at 3 round
- Mags very difficult or impossible to fully load
- Fully loaded mags cause failure to feed when installed with the slide closed
- Extremely difficult to rack
- Some bullet style ammo will not feed properly
- Defective 2-stage feed ramps that need ridges removed and polished
- Defective spring assembly preventing guide rod to be seated in the end of the slide
- Parts following off or parts completely missing
My experience with S&W Customer Service, regarding the Spring Assembly/Guide rod and the 12-round mag follower, was very unprofessional with no empathy and obviously did not care about my feedback.
Yesterday I shot Magtech FMJ, PCM Bronze FMJ, Sig V-Crown JHP, Hornady Critical Defense FTX, Hornady Custom XTP, Hornady FTX, Federal HST Personal Defense JHP, and Winchester PDX1 JHP, with ZERO failures. I have not tried Winchester 95 gr FMJ Flat Point.
Thanks for the info.S&W sent me a new guide rod that works perfectly and the customer service person was very courteous.
I replaced the front and rear sights to what I like and it shoots right to POA.
I removed the bumps from the feed ramps and it now feeds everything.
I use a slide racker to assist these 80 year old hands.
Using a Maglula, I can fully load all my magazines.
I can load a magazine into a closed slide by really pushing hard on it and the gun fires and loads fine.
I fixed the magazine problem by clipping and sanding the bottom of the followers on all six of my magazines.
In spite of the problems it came with, I was able to rectify all of them and fully trust my life with it. Even Underwood Xtreme Defender has been foolproof since loading them with two points of contact going into the chamber.
Thanks for the info.
What front and rear sights did you go with?
Also, what do you mean by "since loading them with two points of contact going into the chamber"? That wasn't happening before?
UPDATE: 02-13-2025
Guide Rod Spring Assembly: Since "gunshimthing" the spring on the guide rod by removing the spring and cutting off 3/8" of the twisted end of top of the spring and cutting off 3/8" of the bottom end of the spring, the issue of inserting the guide rod spring assembly is fixed.
The only thing I'd be concerned with in cutting the recoil spring is the power of the ammo pushing the slide into the frame with such force as to eventually cause damage to the frame.
Hmmm... I'm trying to understand the physics of what you are describing. The actual amount of spring that I cut off is minimal. If it reduced the kinetic energy created by a locked back slide, springs fully compressed, then energy absorbed by the frame from the mass of the forward moving slide would be less - not more. With that thinking, then the Galloway guide rod could be concern at a -10%.
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I'm talking about the slide slamming backwards into the frame when firing. I've seen fellow shooters play with different weight springs and powder loads and a gun with a light spring and factory power load causes the ejected casing to fly 12-15 feet and slam the slide into the frame. That's why some manufacturers tell you not to run +P ammo in a particluar gun. It wears it out prematurely, the Bodyguard 2.0 being one of them. Of course a thin barrel like they use is another issue.
With the list of issues with this handgun, you raise a very important point regarding reliability. It will be interesting to track any and all published reports, anecdotal experiences, and comments on the reliability of the BG2.
I'm aware of a company called XS that makes them but I was wondering if you would share the ones you installed as you said you like them and the gun now shoots POA.Sights are now available for the BG2.0.
Got it, makes sense now, I wasn't following what you were saying.Two points of contact on the feed ramp by loading the rounds with two high points downward toward the mag follower, see photo.
FYI, a couple posts up you mentioned you purchased in mid-July 2025 and since we're not there yet it's clear you meant 2024 but you may want to change it![]()
I cobbled my own sight set together a few months ago using two sets of TruGlo sights. The rear one is for the original Bodyguard and just required the usual fitting by sanding the bottom and it also has a set screw and it has held up very well. The front one was made for the EZ9 and was close, but could be pushed through with your thumb. I took a chance and used Permatex Orange Threadlocker in the channel. It's rated at three times stronger than the Blue, but unlike Red, it's not permanent. It has held the front sight just as well as if I had driven it in with a punch or sight tool and I am now approaching a thousand rounds and it has not moved a bit. Try some and see if it works for you. They make it in liquid and a gel, I used the gel.